Charleston Gazette back issues from April 1999:
National Hockey League
Apr 01, 1999 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T Pts GF GAx-New Jersey 40 22 11 91 220 180Pittsburgh 36 25 13 85 226 200Philadelphia 33 23 18 84 216 179N.Y. Rangers 31 33 10 72 202 204N.Y. Islanders 21 45 9 51 172 224Northeast DivisionW L T Pts GF GAx-Ottawa 42 21 10 94 ...
Women's tennis
Apr 01, 1999 ... At Charleston, S.C. Tuesday's results West Virginia University 5,College of Charleston 4SinglesWilliam, CC d. Firestone 6-2, 7-5; Lornwall, WVU d. Levin 6-2, 6-4; Holend, CC d. Earles 6-2, 6-3; Price, WVU d. Sattar 6-3, 7-6 (6-4); Wilcox, CC d. Tritt 7-6 (6-2), 7-6 (6-3); ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Apr 01, 1999 ... W L Pct. Kansas City 21 7 .750 Seattle 20 9 .690Boston 17 9 .654Chicago 17 14 .548Baltimore 12 10 .545Detroit 14 13 .519Tampa Bay 13 13 .500Texas 12 13 .480Oakland 14 16 .467Anaheim 13 15 .464New York 13 17 .433Cleveland 12 16 .429Minnesota 11 19 .367Toronto ...
Sports history
Apr 01, 1999 ... April 1 1985 - Villanova shocks Georgetown with a 66-64 victory to wintheNCAA basketball title. The Wildcats, led by Dwayne McClain's 17points, shot 79 percent from the field. making 22 of 28 shots, and added 22 of 27 free throws.1989 - Jim McAllister of Glassboro State ...
College baseball
Apr 01, 1999 ... At Pittsburgh Wednesday's game Marshall 000 000 100 -1 4 1Duquesne 427 300 00x -15 15 0Odenthal, Mills (3), Hunt (4) and DiGuardi. Mason, McCarren (8),Burdent (9) and Callahan. WP - Mason, 1-2. LP - Odenthal, 0-1. Tophitters - Duquesne: Stahl 2-2, double, 4 runs; Weber 3-3, ...
Poca Classic
Apr 01, 1999 ... At Poca High Tuesday's results Boys team scoring1. Sissonville 84; 2. South Charleston 82; 3. Hurricane 77; 4.Point Pleasant 67; 5. Poca 64: 6. Charleston Catholic A 49; 7. Logan35; 8. East Bank 31; 9. Buffalo 26; 10. Winfield 18; 11. Scott 10;12. Wayne 8; 13. Charleston ...
Transactions
Apr 01, 1999 ... BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Optioned RHP Jason Olsen, LHP Scott Eyre andRHPChad Bradford to Charlotte of the International League. ReassignedRHP Mike Heathcott to their minor league camp. Returned OF TyronePendergrass to the Atlanta Braves.CLEVELAND ...
No contest: Sissonville jolts EB from unbeaten ranks
Apr 01, 1999; ... ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR A meetin' of the unbeaten it was. A battle of the unbeaten itwasn't. Sissonville jumped on visiting East Bank for 10 runs in the firstinning Wednesday afternoon and rolled to a 15-0 victory in threeinnings.Nine errors by the previously unbeaten ...
Today's quote
Apr 01, 1999 ... "Big East Conference - home of the national ...
Here it is, already April, and strange things are already happening
Apr 01, 1999; ... ODDS AND ENDS and a few things I think I think on an early Aprilday that, for some reason, seems not quite right: - A shooting guard from one of the country's largest public highschools and a Russian-born big man are reportedly West Virginia'slatest basketball verbal ...
Poca soph has impressive mound debut
Apr 01, 1999; ... FOR THE GAZETTE For his first varsity career start, Poca's Anthony Harmon showedveteran-like qualities on the mound Wednesday. Harmon, a sophomore right-hander, led the Dots to a 4-1 victoryover visiting DuPont."I was pleasantly surprised," said Dots coach Gary Sigman ....
Major league baseball
Apr 01, 1999 ... CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A stiff back and three dishearteninginnings cost Pete Harnisch his opening day start. The Cincinnati Reds switched to Brett Tomko for the opener afterHarnisch had more stiffness in his back and trouble getting anyoneout Wednesday during a 10-4 loss to the ...
Sports briefs
Apr 01, 1999; ... Former Kentucky player pleads guilty SOMERSET, Ky. - Former Kentucky football player Jason Wattspleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide in an alcohol-relatedtruck crash that killed a teammate and another young man. Watts entered the plea during a 10-minute hearing in ...
National Basketball Association
Apr 01, 1999 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GBOrlando 22 10 .688 -Miami 19 9 .679 1New York 17 14 .548 4 1/2Philadelphia 15 14 .517 5 1/2Washington 13 17 .433 8Boston 10 19 .345 10 1/2New Jersey 5 24 .172 15 1/2Central DivisionIndiana 20 10 .667 -Atlanta 19 12 ...
Wednesday's results
Apr 01, 1999 ... Hamlin 012 001 3 -7 8 2 Duval 000 000 0 -0 0 1 Salmons and Myers. Carns and Ray. WP - Salmons, 2-2. LP -Carns. Top hitters - Salmons 16 strikeouts, 2-4; Myers 2-4; Roberts2-3.East Bank 000 -0 1 9Sissonville (10)32 -15 10 0Perdue and M.Fowler; Taylor and J.Cavender; ...
Wednesday's results
Apr 01, 1999 ... Duval 000 00 - 0 5 0 Guyan Valley 100 63 -10 15 0 Cummings, Curry (5), Peters (5) and Curry, McKinney (5); Mullinsand Vance; WP-Mullins (1-0). LP-Cummings. Top hitters - Duval:Gibson double; Peters double; Bentley triple; GV: Johnson 3-3,double, RBI; Adkins 3-4, 4 RBIs; ...
Junior high golf
Apr 01, 1999 ... At Big Bend/Par 36 Horace Mann 176, Hayes 192, McKinley 199, Cedar Grove DNQ Medalists: Stewart (HM) 41, Rollyson (H) 44, ...
Favorite Points: Underdog
Apr 01, 1999 ... NBA Indiana 3 TORONTO DETROIT 8 ChicagoNEW YORK 6 1/2 ClevelandAtlanta 3 1/2 NEW JERSEYMIAMI 6 PhiladelphiaSAN ANTONIO 14 VancouverDALLAS 9 La ClippersUTAH 6 HoustonSeattle 4 1/2 ...
Wednesday's boys results
Apr 01, 1999 ... At Capital High Singles Campbell, Capital d. Barker 8-4; Siler, Capital d. Spriggs 8-0;Ritchie, Capital d. Orso 8-3; Willis, Capital d. Suttiratana 8-3DoublesCampbell-Ritchie, Capital d. Barker-Spriggs 8-0; Dougherty-Poole,Capital d. Orso-Forther 8-5; Bevino-Bopanna, Logan ...
Dryden Invitational today at Laidley
Apr 01, 1999 ... The Walt Dryden Invitational high school track meet will be heldat 4 p.m. today at Laidley Field. Last year, Capital tallied 168 points to outdistance Nitro, whichscored 82, to capture the boys title. In the girls division lastyear, Hurricane won by 39 points over George ...
Hamlin's Salmons fires 16-K no-hitter
Apr 01, 1999 ... Junior Danielle Salmons fired a no-hitter and recorded all 21outsas visiting Hamlin blanked Duval 7-0 Wednesday. Salmons (2-2) struck out 16 batters and didn't walk anyone in thewin. She's recorded 33 strikeouts in the last two games. Salmons also had five putouts in addition ...
Currie, Porta pace Hoover win
Apr 01, 1999 ... Junior Jeff Currie belted a home run and drove in three runs tolead host Herbert Hoover to a 13-4 victory over South CharlestonWednesday. Hoover senior starter Nic Porta (2-0) tossed a four-hitter,striking out two and walking three in five innings for the win. Senior Jason ...
The Harrick File
Apr 01, 1999 ... A look at Jim Harrick, hired Wednesday as basketball coach at theUniversity of Georgia: * Born - July 25, 1938. * Hometown - Charleston, W.Va.* Family - wife, Sally; three children, Monte, Jim Jr., and Glenn.* College - Graduate of Morris Harvey (now University ...
Turkey time calling: Jackson County woman enjoys hunt in Carolina
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Poisonous snakes were moving around in the swamp behind Ripley'sSusan Smith, who went turkey hunting in South Carolina March 15. Smith tried not to think too much about the snakes, she said, butinstead hoped hunting partner Rocky Cestaric had picked a good spotto ...
OUTDOOR NOTES
Apr 01, 1999; ... * Spring gobbler hunting season: April 26-May 22 Hunter safety course A hunter safety course is scheduled for Andrew Jackson MiddleSchool in Cross Lanes. The four-day course will be April 13, 15, 20and 22. All four sessions must be attended for certification. Eachof the four ...
WOODS & WATERS: Gobbler activity picks up in state
Apr 01, 1999; ... My brother Chris walked onto his back deck at 9 a.m. one day twoweeks ago in Morgan County and immediately heard two gobblers in thedistance. There was still a little unmelted snow on the ground left fromthelast gasp of winter. Chris - curious to see if the birds would ...
Outdoor bits
Apr 01, 1999 ... * Above: Susan Smith of Ripley is a pro staffer for CountryBoy/Country Girl game calls. She's shown here with her favoriteshotgun - set up for gobbler hunting with camouflage, a battery-operated, lighted dot scope and ported choke tube for tightpatternsand light recoil. Smith's pro ...
Spring roundup
Apr 01, 1999; ... Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson looked sharp, albeit againstminorleaguers. Clemens, who will start for the World Series champion New YorkYankees in their season opener Monday at Oakland, worked fivescoreless innings in a Triple-A game. Pitching for Columbus against ...
Jordan a Hornet player-owner ? Not likely
Apr 01, 1999; ... Don't count on Michael Jordan owning a piece of the CharlotteHornets and playing for them, too. It would be against NBA rules, it might tarnish his place inhistory, and it would involve him bouncing a basketball again -something he says he's finished doing. That was the ...
Logan's Brammer making his pitch with Cleveland
Apr 01, 1999; ... Senior Writer If former Logan High pitching standout J.D. Brammer makes it tothe big leagues, he wants to be with a winner. That's why he'ssticking with the Cleveland Indians. "It's frustrating when you see people playing {in the majors} whoaren't as good as you," Brammer ...
Wyoming armed robbers sought
Apr 01, 1999 ... HANOVER - One or more armed robbers held up a convenience storeWednesday evening near Hanover, Wyoming County, a sheriff'sdepartment spokesman said. State Police troopers and sheriff's deputies were chasing a malesuspect in ...
Court throws out $30 million verdict against Michelin Tire
Apr 01, 1999 ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A $30 million verdict againstMichelin Tire Co. for a truck driver who lost his legs in a crashwasthrown out by an appeals court Wednesday. Michelin should have been able to remove a woman from the jurypool whose daughter had been involved in a ...
Audit reveals woeful federal bookkeeping
Apr 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - From $12.6 billion in improper Medicarepaymentsto unaccounted-for bullets and bombs, the federal government stilldoes a woeful job of keeping its financial books, according to anaudit released Wednesday. Surprisingly, the second government-wide audit by ...
Driven man: Courtesy driver wheels his way through the work day
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Herb Gordon's willing to leave the house on a weekend. Just don'task him to drive. Gordon, a 52-year-old Boone County resident, does plenty of thatduring the week. He ferries Capitol Chrysler-Plymouth customers toand from the dealership's service department.He ...
State insurer, Pa. firm now partners
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER After almost two years of negotiations, Mountain State Blue CrossBlue Shield plans to link with a much larger health insurance planfrom western Pennsylvania. The affiliation with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield stops justshort of a merger, said Greg Smith, ...
Plainclothes officer's suit called frivolous: Commissioners won't reimburse for civilian attire
Apr 01, 1999; ... PUTNAM COUNTY REPORTER WINFIELD - Plainclothes police officers may be illegal in WestVirginia, but Putnam County Sheriff Stan Farley would like to changethat law. Farley has five deputies who routinely dress in civilian clothes.One of those deputies, Lisa Arthur, sued the ...
Jail jackets cost state $10,000: Certified employees to get semiautomatics
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER The head of the Regional Jail Authority spent $9,538 on coachesjackets with the agency's WVRJ logo and a gold badge embroidered onthe front for all his employees, who received them around Christmaslast year. Executive Director Steve Canterbury said some jail ...
Movie stars have parking karma
Apr 01, 1999; ... A LOT of people have sent me copies of a thing called "Things YouWould Never Know Without the Movies." I don't know where itoriginated, but the first person to pass it along to me was JaneTheiling, an effervescent Charlestonian transplanted to SouthCaroline. Here's some of it (with a ...
Sunny days, breezes fan state's forest fires
Apr 01, 1999; ... An average spring forest fire season suddenly became worse thisweek as sunny days and pleasant breezes fanned flames across thestate. Spring fire season officially began March 1. "We were running about average until this week when it was reallydry and the humidity dropped ...
More taxpayers filing electronically
Apr 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Drawn by the promise of swifter refunds andreduced chances of error, Americans are warming up to electronic taxfiling - but paper still rules. The number of people doing their taxes on computers and filingelectronically has shot up 156 percent compared to last ...
Wheeling building collapse kills a construction worker
Apr 01, 1999 ... WHEELING (AP) - Part of a four-story building collapsedWednesday,killing a construction worker who was standing near a chute used toremove debris from the roof. Pat McIntire, 32, of Belmont, Ohio, was taking a break andstanding in the bed of a dump truck parked at the bottom of ...
St. Albans native makes the ABBA Connection
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Jeffrey de Hart spent many an afternoon during his teen yearshanging out in the Turner Records branch in his hometown of St.Albans, making friends with the clerks and rifling through the ABBArecords. Already a fan of The Carpenters, de Hart latched on to ...
IN THE PINK: Doing the 'Dark Side of the Moon' all over again
Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Twenty-six years later, the audio images of Pink Floyd's "DarkSide of the Moon" linger in the collective consciousness. Even the most casual surfers through local rock stations find ithard to escape the clanging cash registers of "Money" or the ringingalarm ...
Briefings
Apr 01, 1999; ... Rialto finis Sad to report that The Rialto Theater is shutting down. A coupleof years back the Charleston theater shifted from porn to second-runmovies. But the cost of renting movies to show was too much,according to a recorded message that thanks all the ...
Royal train can be rented, report says
Apr 01, 1999 ... LONDON (AP) - The royal train could be rented out for corporatetrips in a plan to cut its annual $2.4 million operating costs, TheTimes reported Wednesday. Under the plan, companies and charities will be allowed to hirethe train for events "deemed to be in the national interest," ...
OBITUARIES
Apr 01, 1999 ... Elsie Barnett Balser Elsie Barnett Balser, 81, of Pond Gap died March 30, 1999, inPleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, after a long illness. She was a homemaker and a member of Pond Gap Advent ChristianChurch.Surviving: daughters, Mernice Washington of Mammoth, Ruth ...
Funerals today
Apr 01, 1999 ... BALLARD, William H. - 1 p.m., First Baptist Church, Whitesville. BEDWELL, Sylvia S. - 1 p.m., Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity. BURFORD, Adam S. - 11 a.m., Wilson Funeral Home, Charleston.CARNEY, James J. - 1 p.m., Gatens Funeral Home, Poca.COGAR, Angila L. - 1 p.m., Adams ...
OBITUARIES
Apr 01, 1999 ... BENNETT - the Rev. Don H., 70, of Frankford, March 27, 1999,Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Ansted. BRADFORD - Posey, 85, of Dry Creek, March 31, 1999, ValleyFuneralHome, Whitesville. BRUFFY - James N., 94, of Webster Springs, March 30, 1999, Dodd &Reed Funeral Home, ...
Legendary jazzman Williams dead at 80
Apr 01, 1999 ... LAS VEGAS (AP) - Joe Williams, a jazz singer who performed withevery great jazz artist of the past half-century, died Monday whenheleft his hospital bed and tried to walk to his home 3 miles away. Hewas 80. Clark County Coroner Ron Flud said Williams, who had beenadmittedto ...
What's up
Apr 01, 1999 ... 'Silence of the Lambs' author finishes sequel MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Fans of the cannibal Hannibal Lecter will getanother serving of the character this summer. Author Tom Harris has finished the sequel to "Silence of theLambs," the book that sold 10 million copies and was turned ...
In short
Apr 01, 1999 ... Poems will be declaimed far and wide in Charleston and across thestate as part of a slew of National Poetry Month events that havealready begun. For more information on the events below, call TaylorBooks at 342-1461 *** WHEN: Wednesday, 5 to 6:30 p.m, Taylor Books Annex, 226 ...
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Apr 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER A movie this cliche-filled should not mock the cliches found inother movies. Yet "The Mod Squad" spends an inordinate amount of time doingjustthat in what was meant, I'm sure, to signify the level of themovie'shipness. All it did was make me wish I was ...
Imagine life without night owls
Apr 01, 1999; ... Dear Ann Landers: Most of the world works by day and sleeps bynight. But many people do their jobs while everyone else sleeps -police officers, nurses, firefighters, waitresses, truck drivers,telephone operators, cab drivers, janitors, security guards andnight-shift workers. I am a woman ...
Horoscope
Apr 01, 1999; ... Thursday, April 1, 1999 Your birthday today: Your theme this year is partnerships, andyou're very lucky in them. You're very lucky in just abouteverything, actually, especially in April. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
HELP ME HARLAN !: 'Lonely guy' will meet his dream girl someday
Apr 01, 1999; ... Dear Harlan: I couldn't stop thinking about that letter from "alonely guy." I'm an 18-year-old female with a relationship history about asexciting as watching grass grow. The only "real" boyfriend I everhad cheated on me after three months. Some boyfriend, huh? I never seem ...
In short This and that
Apr 01, 1999 ... Music at noon Marsha Palmer, french horn, and Robert Turizziani, clarinet,perform at 12:05 Wednesday in a Kanawha Forum concert at KanawhaUnited Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia St. E. Optional lunch,featuring crab bisque, baby spinach & feta salad, lemon cream bread,and Boston ...
Hammer dulcimers at Augusta
Apr 01, 1999 ... Spring Dulcimer Week, a perennial Augusta Heritage Center event,will be held April 18 to 24 on the campus of Davis & Elkins Collegein Elkins. The lineup of instructors includes a longtime favorite,hammered-dulcimer master Patty Looman of Star City, W.Va. Inaddition to instrument classes, ...
State receives NEA film-preservation grant
Apr 01, 1999; ... The National Endowment for the Arts wants to make sure WestVirginians in the next century will be able to view filmsdocumentingthe past. The endowment recently awarded the state a $500,000 grant as partof the federal program's efforts to preserve various films for ...
Four French films to be shown at Fiarmont State W
Apr 01, 1999 ... The Fairmont State College School of Language and Literature willpresent four French films during the month of April. Screenings arefree and begin at 7 p.m. in Multi-Media B in the FSC Library. Allfilms are presented in French with English subtitles. April 8: "Mama, there's a man ...
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Apr 01, 1999; ... Here we go again. Just when gangsta rap had at last fallen victim to the inevitablewhims of pop music fashion, just when everybody was starting tofigure out that Marilyn Manson is more of a moron than a menace,along comes somebody else to sell a bunch of foul-mouthed ...
Georgia's on Harrick's mind: Charleston native takes Bulldog hoops job
Apr 01, 1999; ... ATHENS, Ga. - Jim Harrick restored his reputation at RhodeIsland.Now he's back on the coaching A-list. Harrick was hired Wednesday as basketball coach at Georgia,completing his comeback from a recruiting scandal that led to hisfiring at UCLA three years ago. Harrick, a ...
Trump King: Williams remembers his roots during breakout rookie season
Apr 01, 1999; ... SPORTS EDITOR WVU Tech basketball guard Tim Floyd had just lifted his team intothe West Virginia Conference semifinals and was reminiscing abouthisdays at DuPont High. Floyd played high school basketball with both Randy Moss, theNFL's most recent Rookie of the Year, and ...
Names in the games
Apr 01, 1999 ... Rafael Cruz considering transfer to Marshall Former Wheeling Park standout Rafael Cruz, the 1996 West Virginiahigh school player of the year, has contacted Marshall Universitybasketball coach Greg White about the possibility of tranferringfromthe University of ...
Gov. Underwood signs mountaintop mining legislation
Apr 01, 1999; ... LOGAN (AP) - Gov. Cecil Underwood offered a message of supportforthe coal industry Wednesday as he signed legislation that tightensregulations on mountaintop removal mining. Standing atop a former strip mine that is now an airport,Underwood was joined by more than 100 coal ...
Man arraigned on kidnapping attempt charges
Apr 01, 1999 ... FAIRCHANCE, Pa. (AP) - A man accused of trying to kidnap twoyounggirls told police he tried to do the same thing two years ago, andthe victim in that case said she freed herself by biting the man'sarm. David Todd Deak, 28, of Morgantown, W.Va., was charged in Marchwith trying ...